American Standard Version
"The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head. "
— Jonah 2:5, American Standard Version
“The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.”
“The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.”
“Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.”
“And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see the holy temple again.”
“The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.”
“The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.”
And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, And thou heardest my voice.
For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars closed upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.
They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.